Countries
Afganistan
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
National Language
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Pakistan
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Kazakh language agency
Interesting Facts
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
Similar To
Persian and Balochi Languages
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
(salaam) سلام
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
(lotfan) لطفا
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
bye
I Love You
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Central Pashto
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Pashto
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Wanetsi
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Pakistan
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
(paṧto) پښتو
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
pachto
kazakh
German Name
Paschtu
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Pashtun
Kazahks
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Turkic
Branch
Iranian
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Kazakh
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
pash1269
kaza1248
Linguasphere
58-ABD-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative
Pashto and Kazakh Speaking population
Pashto and Kazakh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Pashto and Kazakh languages can be compared. The total count of Pashto and Kazakh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Pashto and Kazakh on Pashto vs Kazakh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Pashto and Kazakh Language Codes
Pashto and Kazakh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Pashto and Kazakh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
